The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-29 00:00:00

ITONE - f -- MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Preparations to pay the railway dividends now becoming due have taken a large supply of capital °lf the discount market, and there is a little more Stringency in consequence. The demand for a ccommodation has not bee❑ extensive, but the few alone enquiries experienced to-day have enabled the discounters to charge, 7 per cent. for the negotiation Of th e three months' bills. The arrivals of specie announced to-day comprise £6,254 by the Africa ; £5,412 by the Bremen (both from America); and £1,471,200 by the Sharman, from the West-Indies. There were no bullion operations of importance at the Bauk on Saturday. • The failure was announced on Saturday of Messrs. Darn and Co. of Mincing-lane, with liabilities "lortating to £60,000. The general progress of business in the mann• facturing districts last week was satisfactory. At Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield the operations la both autumn and winter goods were to an average extent, and prices continued to be well sup- Ported. At Manchester there has been little change of importance in the operations for both home use and for export, while the hosiery and lace depart tents of Leicester and Nottifigham have continued Without change. In the hardware districts of Bin- I ningham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton, a more cheerful tone has prevailed. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this day, acc'rding to Mr. Reuter's elegram, the French 3 per Cents. were 66t, 35e. Firm. The English Stock Market to-day has presented tt very dull appearance. Business is almost at a standstill, and the few members of the Stock Exchange who put in an appearance find but little chance of making bargains when the place 18 almost deserted. Consols for money are 89 I, ilnd for the account 89-1 1. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 881 and India 5 per Cents., 103; 1048. The Foreign Market presents a very dull appear ance, and prices are rather firmer, Turkish 6 Per Cents., 1862, are 70 ; do. Consolides, 50& ; kexican, 281 29 ; do. New, 261 I; Greek, 236 24 ; Spanish Passive, 3O! 31; do. Certificates, 13a , ; and the Confederate Loan, 77i 78k. In the Railway Share Market the operations Have been very limited, and prices have not varied to any important extent. Caledonian, North Western, and Metropolitan have receded about ss. Vhile Lancashire and Yorkshire have improved se. The Foreign and Colonial liaes remain very dull at former values. Bank and Miscellaneous shares are neglected, and the few bargains entered into have led to no change 118 regards prices. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. , GOVERNMENT FUNDS. " Per Cent. Consols 3 0 0 Account, Aug. 8 Per Cent. Reduced B3a i New 3 per Cent BBi i "ew 2} per Cent. Jan. 1891.... — „ Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — 4. r.uauities, 3U yre, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — J.-4) for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Lo (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. t zehecpier Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 31 per Cent. Do £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO 41 . auk England Stir, 51 per Ct. Do Account.. , INDI&N GO`IERNMENT SECURITIES. 4 ndia Stock, 10i per Cent., April 1874 Do Account — Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do Account Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1883 — Do Certificates Do Account — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — Do 4i pet Cent. — Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 — Do 51 per Cent., May, 1879 -- no 4 per Cent., Aug. 1806 D„ iiondslsl,ooo DO uucler £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. ,f±nBtrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. b razilian 6 per Cent Do 41 per Cent., 1852.58-60 D o 1863 B st ` 7 Lenos Ayres 6 per Cent 9l Lhiiian 6 per Cent. 0 P 0 41 per Cent - °lo rabian 6 per Cent — eU ba) 6 per Cent. Do t. — 0 6 per Cent. 1864........•••••• .• ~quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —. 11 °, Provisonal Land Warrant.. —. Da nish 3 per Cent., 1825 ).? 3V U.) 4 per Cent, 1863 -. 'ptian 7 per. Cent •bo, Second Issue - reek 5 r , per Cent., 1824-5, ea -Coupons 23i „„u0 Account — 0 Coupons .......... ,D ............ A ccount... . ......... .„ ..... —. G uatemala 5 per Cent. ................ Do 1839 an d 1859 .................. -- It alianl,,. 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) ...- " 4 exican 3 per Cent ...... Do Account _ Do 1864.. . . .... Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — 1)4 0 6 per Cent. Anglo-French .... die Ditto Scrip, £23 paid ; o orish Imperial 5 per Cent ‘Sur Granada .. — pc. 2 per Cent. — J.,.,- ) 0 Deferred -u 0 Land Warrants (Hectares) _ DO Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864.. .- Do do Aug., 1866.... P eruvian 41 per Cent .. .„ 1-) ° 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) .. - 1 -',O 4i per Cent., 1862 uo Account — Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account — Do 3 p er C en t., 1356, '7, '9, '6O, 62, '3 — b p° Account .......... 44 uhiian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — -Do 41 per Cent., 1850 B5 1) 0 1860 — Lo 3 ner Cent 1859 ------ Do 5 p e r Cent, 1862 ...... Do Anglo-Dutch ~, Do Scrip, £4O paid — Pm .a arlinian 5 per Cent B4 1 • Do Account — 4 • l Panish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account — Do Passive Do Account — Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded -- ,__,Do Account Swedish, 4 per Cent Do Scrip, £6O paid — Pin Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1868 - Po Account -- Do £lOO Bonds 3)0 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account . . Do £lOO Bonds.. 7O Do 1863 • --. Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.... — Venezuela 3 per Cont. -- liDo Account • Do 6 per Cent., 1862 57/ Do Account .......... aft ....Do Scrip £ 45 paid 101 10 die Dividends on the above payable in Loncion Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. Do Account ........ — Belgian,-, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f — Ditch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — o 4 per Cent. Certificates Ita D lian, 5 per Cent , 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Do Iccount ...... rench Rentes, 2 er Cent..... . Peruvi an Dollar Bonds, 4i per Ct. Ex. 45. Pied t e 5 Cent., -c , or‘f mon se, per Es. a,v. ...... TWO O'CLOCK, Consols Money • 59 4 Do Account... ..................... 1i Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Alirkets remained unchanged. Sales pro 6 .000 bales. I.IIE LATE DR. MARSIL—We have to record, 'ith much regret, the death of the venerable Dr Marsh, rector of Baddington, Surrey. He entered his 90th rear on the 20th of July last in full possession of his mental Powers, which were of no common order, and of that bril liant cheerfulness of disposition and beauty of character which distinguished him in daily life from his cradle to his deathbed. He was almost the last of that company of earnest men who in the close of the last century and in the commenc e ment of the present, when the clergy of t h e ehur,l2 of England were, for the most part, more occupi e d With the pleasures of the field than with the cure of souls, Were the means of renewing its life and. energy. During the 66 years which have elapsed since his ordination Dr harsh performed the duties of his sacred calling with a zeal, devotedness, and love, which won for him the reverent affection of all who knew him. On the last day of his life be closed his ministry w.th the fol!owing testimony, written With trembling hand, when no longer able to speak : " Tell the clergy to preach Christ, to live Christ, to s-.:rve, Christ, and they Will joy and praise in eternity." SHARE MARKETS—This day. Uffl ORDINARY SHARES AND STOO&S. Share Railways. i p a id. Closing Business I Price. jdone. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. flilythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter 'Caledonian Cork and Ban(lor Cornwall Li" o A A no div ID,. n till6pe.pan.hasl been paid to B. !Dublin A Belia4t June_ iDun.,Pertb,&Ab. Juno. Edinburgh tt; Glaegow.l 'Wang. and B. I'Vetit,;ru.l !t3reatEastern, Ord. stk I 86 E 8 121 i 1251 124 6 7 32 34 16 17 8) 61 112 11f 47 48 Ditto A titgc.l: Ditto EastAnrlfan et iGreatNorthot Scotland ;Great Northern Do A stock D- ii do ,Gt. S. an I W. of Ireland ;Ureat Western Do Str Val gua. stock Laneashl:e t Torkshir, London and lilackwail Lou., Bright.,& S. Coat Lou., Chat„ and Dover Lon. & Nor"h Western' ILon. & See.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do # share 3 Metropolitan Midland Do New 7 7i 131 133 1.:6 148 131 ‘33 s,•O 02 CSI G9i 116} 1161 €6 GS 10: (63 90 42 116 216 i SM 89 6i L 6 1121 3131 136 136, Do firming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do (North London Do New ......... North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Soot N. E., Aber. stool= Do Soot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpool Shropshire Union (South De'Ton South Eastern South Wales S. York. and giver Dun Staines, Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington Do__ ___ ... Do New, 186 G Taff Vale— DoB Do C ......... Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim. Waterford & Kilkenny ) West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland—Oxford' Do Newport Do Hereford,' 13.14. 1 106 108 54i 65i 251 'itil 1054 1061 64 66 93 04 126 129 _4 la P, 75 78 10 11 125 130 39 41 57 59 85 37 87j 88i 101 103 7 8 36 87 10i 1111 b 8 9 t 165 170 6 7 t 3 t p 101 103 81. 36 DE.,ITIstr FQSSESSIONS. Closing Sb are Railways Paid. Prioe. Business done lOU atlantic Lawrence Lawren all 58 — 6o — Il3om.,Baroda,t.Cent Inc 100 101 102 erll. 5 per cent. . 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares 20/ Bullalo and Laxellurun all a 51 10 Do. Preference all 71 81 lluffalo,BrantotGodrich tOO 100 75 80 6 p, ct. bile. Aug. 1, 187'. 100 Do. do. July 1, 187. 100 75 60 100 Do. do. June 1, 1871 100 75 60 at Cleutta.&S.Eastn. (Lin, 100 97 9.) at Cape Town Dock Scrii 100 94 96 stock Kastn. Bengal go. Bp. 100 102 104 Stook East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 101 102 1011 20 Do. do. G Ext lO 19i 201 20 Do. do. I - 1 do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada lou 19 21 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 71 73 100 Do. do. deferred all 60 43 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 65 67 100 Do. do. deferred.— all 55 57 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock 100 Do. do. deferred all 43 45 100 Do. 4th I'ref. stook all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred all 26 28 26 stook Gtlndiarenin.gua.sp.o 100 102 103 1021 3 20 Do. New gus. sp. o l2 par ip Do. January, 1862 stook Gt. South.of lndia(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent 100 99 101 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 91 10 201 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt all 84 01 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8.. all 82 64 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 i d stook Madras. guar., sp. o. 100 991 1001 stock Do. 11 p. o. Extension 100 93 95 stook De. 44 —.. 100 89 91 20 Do. Fifth Extenaion. 2 -- stook Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 58 0 59} 100 Do. 7p. c. hlortg. Bds. all S 0 Newßrunzwiok a Canda Class and B. N.lll.C'daopolatptbds 100 82 84 stock Soinde (100 1001 101. stock, Do. Delhi lp. • 100 09 fOOO 10 Do. do z 2 id par at Do. Punjaub all 9S 1001 Do. Do. , stook Do. Indus..Bt. Flo.) 1.100 ,95 97 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. k,an.Oof. p.o.Ja. 1877-84 100 96 99 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 96 99 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 98 102 Do. Ip. c. Jan.&July. 10C 84 86 841 Do. 5 Inseribed stock 100 84 86 Cape G.Uope. 6 p 6,187:1 100 104 106 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 1891 100 100 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 107 10) Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 !Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 103 105 Natal Gov. 6 per cent 100 104 107 -- N.B.Gov. p.c..) a.&July 100 97 AGO Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 „ N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 180 e 100 96 98 va Du. sp. c.,lBti to 1375 100 96 98 I Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 96 98 96 - New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 Neva Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 99 102 ,Queensland (icy. 6p. 100 101 104 6. Aus G6p.0.1878.& up lOO 105 107 - Vic. Gov. °p.c. Ja.&July 100 'Do. to 6 p.o. An.&00.. 100 LO9 110 1001 BRITISH MINES. 2 'Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 id ulliford Amalgamated 30 32 Devon G. Cone. (Tavist ) 1 580 590 East Bassett(lllogan) 30 67 69 —. East Clogau Gold Ltd lEast Caradon ...... 1.14.6 27 28 271 I East Carn Brea... 3.4.0 71 71 14. 'W'i Russel (Tavlstk.) 8.13.1 5 51 5 - iGam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 58.1 5 7 —tlreat South Tolgus 37s 2 21 'G. Wheal Vor(Heiston 40 27 29 Grenville . llerc , d's-Foot ...... 8.12 38 40 llingston Downs 4.18.0 31 4i - Lady Bertha - ISlargaret (IJny Lelaut 9k 7 9 ,Nlarke Valley.. 4 I.llyndy Iron Oro (Lim ,` 2/ 11 1 d New Setun l 9l 75 85 • North Downs 3 11 1/ - N.W11 . 1 Basset (Illozan' 3.1.0 2 2. North Wheal Crotty 'ar Consols (St. Blaney; itovidence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.0.' 40 42 :South Caradon(St.Cleer, 11 480 500 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) — S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan, 18.18.9 421 471 Stray Park 30.17.e 28 30 rams" Silv.& Lead Min.} fin Crort ' 9 /81 194 West Basset (Mogan) 11 81 94 W Cr radon (Liskeard ; 9 9 f 101 West Seton - Wheel Basset (111ovan 51 92 95 Wheal Buller(ltedruti) 10 IS 20 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelaut) 2.0.6 - - Wheal Ludeott ' 3.5.8 14 2 Wheal MaryAnn(rden ) 6 14 16 Wheal 3eton 5Bl 215 220 Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) 7 19 21 I Wheel Union 4 14 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. North Eastern (G.N.E. 4 per oent. pref.) ion North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, 101 I North Eastern, Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., 321 Ditto, 6 p r cent., C, 321 PREIA'ERENC.E SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 5 per cent. pf., 1001 Ditto, new 5 per cent. pf, 7 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. i Central Argentine, 21 Dutch Rhenish, 181 Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean, 36 San Panto (1110.), elm. 7 per cent., 10 Ditto, (all), 181 1 FOREIGN MINES. Yudanamutana of S. Australia, Rm., 21 BANKS. Agra and 3listerman's aim.), 140 Alliance (1u10.), 61 Anglo Angtrian. 71, Anglo-Italian, Um., 5} Australasia, 74 Ditto, new, es} Bank of British Columbia, 101 Bank of Egypt," 271 Bank of ()tag°, lint., 43 Bank of Wales, 11m., 161 Brazilian and Portuguese, lint.. 121 British and Californian, aim., 4/ Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 37 8 Consolidated Bank, Urn., 103 Continental, Urn., 156 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 201 European Bank, lim., 131 Hindustan, china, and Japan (Um.), 331 Ditto, new, 203 Imperial Bank aim.). 35 91 Imperial Bank of china, India,'and Japan, Ilm., 6 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 53 1 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 24 London and Comity, 74 33 London Joint Stock, 47 London and South African, 233 Merchant Bank, Urn., 276 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, 11m., 25 Midland Bank (lint.), 201 Bcincle, Bunjaub, and Delhi, UM., 121 South Eistern, lim., 81 9 Union of A ustralia, 52. Union of Ireland, lim., 20 Union of London, st} MISCELLANEOUS. Angle-Mexican Mint, 181 Berlin Water Works, lint., 83 City Offices, Jim., 31 Contract Corporation, lira., 3 Egyptian Com. and Trading, lint., 31 1 Financial Corporation, 3 Fore-street Warehouse, lira., 63 Humber Iron Wo'ks, 31 i imperil Mercantile Credit A sso., lint., 81 1 international Financial :society, lint., 06 t International Land Credit. lint., 03 London Financial Association. lint., 21} London, Italian, and Adriatic Steam, 21 National lii,couut Company, lint., .Z. - li Oriental Financial, lint., il Peninsula and Oriental Steam, flog West India and I'acilic Steam, lint,, 13 4.18.4 12.10 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUG UST 29, 1864. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. A fair business was transacted in wheat in the country markets held on Saturday, and, in some instances, a slight improvement took place in the quotations. All descriptions of spring corn ruled firm, at fully late rates. The flour trade was steady, on former terms. On the Continent, the corn trade generally is steady, at full prices. At New York, however, owing to the limited inquiry for export, the quotations have further declined. Up to our market last week the arrivals of English grain were but moderate. The imports from abroad amounted to 9,826 quarters of wheat, 4,401 barley, 66,707 oats, 3,330 rye, 861 beans, 608 peas, 37 tares, 3,021 linseed, 4,816 oilcakcs, 7,705 mazy,2B2 sacks and 4,351 barrels of flour. For the time of the year, the arrivals of English wheat fresh up to market to-day were but very moderate. Nearly the whole of the:produce, however, came to hand in excel lent condition. There was about an average number of buyers in attendance, yet the trade bath for Kent and Essex produce ruled inactive. Factors not being disposed to accept less money, the bulk of Inc supply had, at the close of business been disposed of at the rates current on Monday last. The market was well supplied with most descriptions of foreign wheat. Generally speaking, the trade was quiet. The amount of business transacted was very moderate; nevertheless, prices ruled firm, and they were without quo table change from Monday last. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair average request, at late rates. The supply of English barley on sale was small, and the market was but moderately supplied with foreign produce. For all descriptions the trade ruled slow, at last Mon day's currency. The malt trade was rather quiet, at previous quotations. With oats the market was extensively supplied. Both for English and foreign qualities there was a good de mand, and the recent advance in prices was fully supported. New Irish oats were exhibited for sale. Beans, the supply of which on sale was small, changed hands at fully late rates. For peas the trade was steady, at full quotations. With English produce the market was scantily supplied. In flour about an average business was transacted, at last Monday's currency. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 39s to 44a Ditto, 1861 Ditto, white, 1863 43s 491 Ditto, 1864 Islorfolk and Lincoln, red, 1864 Ditto, 1863 Talavera, 1864 Rye— 22s 278 Barley—Grinding 228 25s Malting new, 32s 37s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6os 66s Brown Kings town and Ware 6os 66s Chevalier , eds 68s Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolush., Feeding lBs 23s Potato Youghal and Cork, black lss 23s Cork, white l6s 23s Scotch, Feeding l9s 23s Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey. Maple White Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 2Bs 30s Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel l9a 25s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market to-day was somewhat heavily supplied with foreign stock, and the beasts and sheep came to hand in somewhat improved condition. The demand, however, was inactive, at about stationary prices. The arrivals of beasts fresh up to this morning's market were moderately good. Amongst them were some remarkably good Herefords, shorthorns, &c., but the general quality of the supply was by no means first-rate, Selected breeds moved off steadily, at full prices. Otherwise, the beef trade was in a sluggish state, on former terms. The best Scots realised 5s per Blbs. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton• shire, we received 2,800 shorthorns, &o.; from other parts of England, 1,000 various breeds; from Scotland, 23 Scots and creases ; and from Ireland, 100 oxen and heifers, The supply of English sheep was very moderate, and the quality of most breeds was but middling. Downs, half breds, runts, &0., sold readily, at full currencies. All inferior sheep met a dull inquiry at last week's prices. The top figure was 5s 4d, but in some instances very prime Downs realised Os 6d per Blbs. The lamb season is now nearly closed. The few lambs on sale found buyers at from .58 4d to Os 4d per Sibs. Calves—the supply of which was moderate—moved off slowly, at late rates, viz., from 4s to 5s per Blbs. - Prime small pigs advanced 2d per Sibs, but large hogs were dull, %t late rates. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. (1. s. d. Ors°. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 Primeers-wool d 0.4 10 ö 0 Second quality do. 3 8 4 4 Pme. S' thdown d 0.5 2 5 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 10 Large use. calves 4 0 4 8 Prime Scots, etc. 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 4 10 5 0 Urse. & inf. sheep 3 10 4 2 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second quality elo. 4 4 4 8 Small porkers 4 2 4 8 Lambs....ss 4d to 6s 43. Suckling calves, 17s to 22s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 26s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. Peasts FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs .... 10,470 Calves .. 99 Figs Cows Sheep and lambs.... 29,270 Calves 124 I rigs. 4601 The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 15,361 head. In the corresponding week in 1863,we received 16,797—in 1862,11,579—in 1861, 10,988 —in 1860, 13,707—in 1859,'12,659—in 1858, 10,673. IMPOSTS INTO LONDON LABI WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Amsterdam.'" -- .. 100 .. .. --- .. -- Antwerp .. -- .. -- .. -- .. 42 .. 21 Boulogne"... -- .. -- .. -- .. -- -- -- Bremen .. 440 .. 176 .. --- .. --- .. -- Calais ........ -- .. Dordt - .. Dunkirk - .. ..--• •• ^". •• - •• - - .. - .. --- .. 32 Hamburg .... .. 408 .. .. 134 Harlingen 390 .. 1510 .. 66 .. 122 .. 832 Medan' .... 29 .. 1821 .. 10 Nieu Diep 32 .. 374 50 .. -- Ostend 47 .. 65 .. 20 .. 25 Rotterdam Tonning ll2B .. 1276 .. 307 .. 1 Total .... 2719 .. 9,515 .. 660 .. 669 ..1798 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambe. Calves. Pigs. 1863.. 2628 11,720 .. 677 .. 1124 .. 748 1862 .. 1435 .. 8,144 .. 476 .. 531 • • 993 1861 1t549 .. 7,248 ~ 481 .. 691 .. 819 1860 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, Aug, 31, 1863, and this day Monday, Aug. 29, 1864. For 81b. to sink the offal. Aug. 31, Aug. 29, 1863. 1864. Coarse and inferior beasts.... 3 4to 3 8 3 4to 3 6 Second quality do 3lO 4 4 3 8 4 4 Prime large oxen .. 4 6 4 8 4 6 410 Prime Scots, &c 4 8 410 410 5 0 Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do 4 8 410 410 5 0 Prime Southdown do. Lambs Large coarse calves .. 3 6 4 2 4 0 4 8 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 2 4 6 4 2 4 8 Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs 320 460 SUPPLIES ;ON SALE, Sept. 1, 1862.—Beasts, sheep and lambs, 25,580—calves, 195—pigs, 405. SEPT. 2, 1861.—Beasts, s,37o—sheep, 30,350—calves, 280—pigs, 740. NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL. Moderate supplies of meat are on sale at these markets. For good and prime qualities there is a steady demand, at full prices; otherwise, the trade is quiet, on former terms. Per Sib. by the carcase. ad ad Inferior beef .. 3 2 3 4 Middling do. .. 3 6 3 10 Prime large do. 4 0 4 2 Do. small do. .. 4 2 4 4 Large pork .... 3 4 4 0 Inferior mutton. 3 8 4 0 adad Middling mutton 4 2 4 6 Prime do 4 6 4 8 Vaal Small pork .. 4 2 4 6 Lamb ... ..• .. 4 8 5 2 BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supply of home-grown potatoes on sale has decreased ; but the imports of foreign produce—although small—are larger than for some weeks past. For all qualities the trade is firm, and prices have advanced 108 to 20s per ton. The import, last week, amounted to 93 tons from Jersey; 10 tons from Boulogne; 20 from Dieppe; 150 from Dunkirk; and 5 from Rotterdam. Kent and Essex ltegents....oos to 1408 per ton. f 1 Shows ....70s to 1008 „ Foreign „ ....50s to 80s „ BOROUGH HOP. On forward plantations picking has commenced, but it is estimated that about a fortnight must elapse before it be comes general. On the whole, the accounts are favour able, about an average crop being looked forward to. A few parcels of new Kent and Sussex hops have continued on sale—the former realised £7 to £9, and the latter. £7 lOs per cwt. For last y ear's hops there is a moderate demand, at full prices. Yearling and old hops continue dull. No import took place into London last week. WOOL. The public sides of colonial wool have gone off slowly since our last. Very little wool has, however, been with drawn, but all defective qualities have sold at fully the recent decline in their values, viz,, of from Id to 2d per lb from last series. The supply of good and fine wools from Sydney, Port Philip, and the Cape has found buyers at full quota{ions. Up to the present time about 130,000 balee LAW INTELLIGENCE,..-This Day, COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr Registrar liazlstt.) IN RE DAWSON. This bankrupt was described as formerly of Malvern, Worcestershire, clerk and schoolmaster, and now of Albany street, Regent's-park, & - 3., out of business. Mr W. R. Buchanan appeared for the bankrupt, who attributed his bankruptcy to the failure of a person in Malvern, and legal procoedings having been taken against the bankrupt, he was compelled to throw up his situation and come to London. No creditors attended, and no assignee was chosen—the debts are about £250. IN RE WILLIAM BERRIES CREED. This bankrupt was described as of St James's-square, clerk in the House of Commons, and this was a meeting for proof of debts and choice of assignees. The bankrupt attri butes his failure to having become security for a friend, and having no money ho was obliged to borrow at very heavy interest. The debts amount to L 13,080, principally in heavy sums; and the only security appears to be life policies and an assignment of bankrupt's salary and a power of attorney to receive the same; there is a note, but it is not value. Some proofs were tendered, and the case was proceeding. (Boforo Mr Commissioner Fano.) His Honour sat and disposed of one Case of release of no general interest. have been disposed of, and, as already announced, the sales will be brought to a close on the 31st inst. In the private contract market English wool has changed hands to a moderate extent, and prices have ruled tolerably firm The import last week was 708 bales from Philip, 4,600 Sydney, and 1,073 Algoa Bay. Current prices of English wool per lb., s d Fleeces —South Down hoggets 2 1 Halt-bred do Kent fleeces. ....... heath Down ewes and wethers 2 2 Leicester do. Sorts--Clothing Combing ...... 1 8 s d 2 2 2 5 2 4 2 .4 2 2 2 1 2 51 SEEDS. The amount of business passing in reds is very mode • rate. The changes in prices from last week are unimpJr taut. For cakes there is a goad demand, at fully late rates. rurr.lp,White,p.bus.2Cs to 22s Swede —s —s ilustard, Brown los 13s White. cares, Spring.... 4 s Od 4s 6;1 Old per quarter - 6 —s Canary, per quarter 52s 62s itye grass, new 22s 24s Clover, Red Eng., et • White -s Foreign —s —s White. —a —a Carraway Coriander l2s ltis iternpseed, per qr —s Ous Linseed,Eng.sowing 76s 788 Crushing . s —s Odesaa Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English £lo 081:11 10s Force los £ll Os Rape Cakes,p tot:at lOs £5 Ms -itapeseed,neff t pr qr Gs liSs Trefoil new.. .. —8 -8 The tallow trade is much firmer to-day, and prices, corn. pared with Monday last, show an advance of 91 per cwt. The quotation for P.Y.C. is 42s 61 per cwt. on the spot. Town tallow, 41s 31 nett cash. Rough fat has advanced to 2s lid per Blbs. TALLO W. 39,853 52s0a —8 d 2.077 23,762 2,773 36,%21. 54s 3d 45,8,47 1 4786'1 to —8 Od 5,30! 28,737 2,248 17,871 49811 POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. BOW-STREET.] THE ALLEGED TAMPERING wr rx THE SOLDIERS AT WooLwicir.—A middle-aged, well-dressed man, who gave the name of Miles Ellison, said he was a "commercial traveller," and declined to give any:address, was brought before Mr Flower, charged with stealing a shawl, the pro perty of Elizabeth Squire. Inspector Brennan informed his worship that the pri soner was charged on a former day with the present offence and admitted to bail, the case being remanded. He was not forthcoming on the next examination, and on in quiry being made it wee found that he had been taken into custody at Wool pith for attempting to incite English sol diers to desert the "..lueen's service and enlist in the Fede ral army. The second charge was investigated, but the evidence being incomplete ho was discharged. He was then again apprehended on the present charge. Elizabeth Squire said she lived at No. 5, New-inn-ps sage, Clare• market, and was a laundress. The prisoner took lodgings in her house about three weeks ago. On the 17th he came home with a piece of bacon in his hand and asked her to lend him some money. She refused to do so. She then went out for a tew minutes and when she returned she found the prisoner still sitting in the room, but ho left, and she heard him enter the house in the middle of the night with the latch k'y. In the morning she missed her shawl, worth £l, and accused the prisoner with stealing it. He appeared to be very indignant, but witness called in a constable and gave him into custody. At the police station he said he would make her smart for placing him under lock and key, and threatened to bring an action for false imprisonment. The prisoner was re manded. The shawl now produced by the pawnbroker's assistant was her property. Prisoner—Was I not intoxicated on the 17th ? Witness—You were apparently very drunk, and that was the reason I was anxious to get you out of my house, but you woulda't go. Prisoner—Did I go on in a wild and extraordinary man ner? Did I seem strange ? Witness—Yes ; you went on barking like a dog, and making strange noises like a cat. Albert Redding, assistant to Mr (dutch, a pawnbroker, of Stanhope-street, said the prisoner pledged the shawl pro duced on the.lBth for ss. Ha gave the name of John Atkinson. Mr Flower—Was there anything peculiar in his manner '.hen ? Witness—Nothing whatever. Police-constable F 75, apprehended the prisoner. A Woolwich constable stated the circumstances of the charge preferred against the prisoner at that place. The prisoner was seen about Woolwich treating soldiers, and eventually he was discovered sleeping within the barracks, and on inquiry it was ascertained that he done so for three nights. He was then taken into custody and accused of trying to induce some of the men to join the Federals. In quiry had been made about the prisoner, and it was found he had been in very respectable employment as a commer cial traveller. The magistrate asked the prisoner what he hal to say in answer to the cjaarge, Prisoner—l have nothing to say, except that I shall re serve my defence, The magistrate then fully committed the prisoner for MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY AT MESSRS. NIC3LLS' BY AN ASSISTANT.— Robert Minkes, en assistant to Messrs Nicolls, tailors, Regent-street, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with rob bing his employers. Sergeant Cole, C division, said thata little before 8 o'clock on Saturday evening he saw the prisoner carrying a brown paper parcel in Wardour-street, and suspecting. something wrong, followed the prisoner into Messrs. Harrisons', the pawnbrokers, and asked him what he had got. The pri soner replied, "Why, cloth." lie then told the prisoner that ho was a constable, and asked him where he got the cloth from, and he said from Battersea, handing him a card with "Mr Minkes, Culvert-terrace, Culvert-road, Batter sea," on it, and said ho was a tailor carrying on business on his own acoount, and that he supposed he (the sergeant) would be satisfied if he went with him and found that to bo the case. He told the prisoner he should not be satis fied, and would take him to the station, and the prisoner said that what he had told him was true. At the station the prisoner was asked by the inspec tor his name and address, and he gave the same name and address as on the card. He said he had bought the cloth Of a Mr Bennett, King's-road, Chelsea, six months ago, but afterwards said he would tell the truth, and that it was not his, and he did not come by it honestly, and he had stolen it. The prisoner also said, pulling some more cloth from under his waistcoat, " Here, you may as well take this," and that he was employed at Messrs Nicolls', in Regent street. Mr Bsrker, employed at Messrs 11, J, and D. Nicoll, clothiers, Regent-street, said the prisoner was employed es an assistant by the firm. The articles produced were the property of the firm, some of the material being especially manufactured for them. The value of the whole of the property was about £lO. The prisoner had been employed by Messrs Nicolls about three years, The prisoner was remanded, THAMES. TILE SISTERS OP PROGRESS.—Mrs Jones, a member of the Star of the East Sisters of Progress Total Abstinence Society, Tent No. 2, made another application this morning to Mr Partridge against Mary Ann Condon, the secretary of the society, who had been ordered to reinstate Mrs Jones or to pay her 30s and 2s costs. The case is a very hard one. Mrs Jones has been at the court in all four times, and neglected her work and her family in her efforts to obtain justice. The very obstinate secretary, who was impertinent to Mr Paget, the magis trate, when the case was heard, is determined to give as much trouble as possible. She will not reinstate the ex eluded member or pay the money, but is determined to " do the seven days" imprisonment ordered by the magis trate in default of payment. Last Wednesday, when Mrs Jones applied to Mr Paget to enforce his order against the contumacious secretary. she was informed that a minute of the order must be served on Mrs Condon before anything else could be done. Mrs Jones now stated that Mrs Con don had received the money from the treasurer, and the trustees of the society were anxious that the judgment of the magistrate should be obeyed, and that 32s should be paid. Mrs Condon, however, still continued obstinate, and retained the money, continuing firm in her deter mination to "do the seven days" in prison. Mrs Jones said, in the employment of a'tolicitor to enforce her rights aad the loss of time, she had sustained much expense and inconvenience. Mr Livingston (the chief usher) said every possible at tention had been given to the case consistent with the pres sure of business in the Court. The order had been framed, and only required the magistrate's signature, which would be appended to it on the next day Mr Paget presided. lie had informed the applicant she had no occasion to attend the Court again until a minute of the order was served on the defendant. Mrs Jones was satisfied with this explanation and re tired. Mrs Weaver, a very respectable woman, and a " Sister of Progress," has been unjustly excluded, and said she in tended to take out a summons. WESTMINSTER. CAUTION TO FURNISHED LODGING-HOUSE KEEPERS. Charles Hubbard and Jesssie Scott were placed at the bar, charged with the following impudent robbery of a furnibhed lodging : James Richard!, of 2, Brewer-street, Pimlico, said that he was a gentleman's servant. He let the house out as above furnished, and his mother superintended it. On Sa turday, from what was told him, ho went to the house and found that tho tick of a new bed in apartments jointly occu pied by the prisoner had been cut open and half the feathers stolen. He gave the man, who first came home, in charge, when he said he know nothing about the feathers or other articles stolen, which wore missing. Mrs Richards, the mother of the prosecutor, said that the prisoners were represented to her as man and wife, or they would not have been permitted to stay there, and took the lodgings a month ago. The prisoner was the person who hired them, stating that her husband was a respectable man in full work at the Serpentine, Hyde-park. She left a deposit and offered a reference. ' Magistrate—Did you have one ? Mrs Richards—No, I had not ; it is not worth the trouble of going for them, one is only deceived. People of this sort can buy references, and we find in letting lodgings that they are no use. I told her so, and said that the week's rent in advance was better than the generality of references, and she gave me the money I required. I missed the feathers, a table-sloth, and other articles on Saturday, and told my son about it. The man was taken on Saturday and the female on Sunday. On Saturday the male prisoner went out with a bundle, and that circumstance created suspicion, and induced her to examine her apartments. The male prisoner said he knew nothing whatever about the things, and as the place had nut been let to him, he could not be said to be responsible. The woman admitted that she was not married to the male prisoner, who had behaved very well to her. They were both innocent of stealing the feathers, but she had taken the table cloth and some other things. The prisoners wore remanded for a week. AMERICAN MAIL STEAMERS DUE AT LITERPOOL THIS WEEK.—Tho following steamers, with the American and Canadian mails, ate due at Liverpool this week :—City of London, Hibernia, and Persia. The City of London with dates f rem Now Yotk to the 20th, and the Hibernian, with corresponding dates from Quebec, may be expected—the former off Cape Clear or Queenstown, and tho latter off Greencastle, in the course of to-morrow (Tues day). On Friday evening next, or early on Saturday morning, the Cunard steamer Persia, with dates from New York to the 2.11 a, may be ezpeeted off Cape Clear or Queens town, 691 81 9 116,} 16 97t 6.5 f 113 121 I 1161 88 8 7E a Particulars. Stock this day.... Price of Y.C. Delivery lastweek Ditto from June 1 Arrivals last week Ditto from June 1 Price of Town .... 1684. 43.276 142 e 6d to —a Od 1,459 13,267 ~652 11,522 43a 9LI The Bishop of Oxford on Inspiration. The following letter from the Bishop of Oxford to the Rev. Mr. Christopher, Of S. Aldate's, Oxford, on the subject of the inspiration of the Holy Scrip tures, has been published : Aug. 17, 1861. Many thanks for your very kind letter. I had not seen either of the newspaper extracts you send me. But if I had I should not have answered them. It is a hopeless endea vour to set oneself right by answering anything; and if you reply to one you must to all. I therefore leave matters to right themselves. It is quite a different matter replying to you; and I do it with the greatest pleasure. I said nothing of the sort attributed to me in these ex tracts. Perhaps the subject was too abstruse to be treated so briefly ; and this has led to misapprehension. In brief, my belief is this: The whole Bible comes to us as " The Word of God," under the sanction of God the Holy Ghost. We cannot pick and choose amidst its contents. All is Gcd's Word to us. But as I believe that this, which I hold as the only orthodox view, is encompassed with many diffi culties by what is called the theory of" verbal inspiration," I desired to show how, in my judgment, a careful scrutiny of the Bible which revealed the "divers manners" in which the Holy Ghost spake— I. Sometimes by the mere mechanical use of the human agent who conveyed the message; as when. 1, God wrote words on the first tables ; 2, dictated them for the second ; or, 3, committed them to prophets simply to repeat; or, 4, spake them through the prophets. 11. Sometimes by possessing the Lumen instrument with a complete knowledge of that he was to speak, and leaving him to express it under the mere suggestions and guardian ship of his own special presence amrding to the natural use of his human faculties ; I deairtd, I say, to show how this would greatly lessen these difficulties. and enable men to realise the essential difference between Holy Scripture and any other books, namely, that cu all truth from God, ether books may be in a sense said to be inspired, because they are true, but Holy Scripture alone can be true because it is inspired. You are quite free to make any me of this you see fit.— I am ever yours, most truly, S, OXON. SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Aug. 29.—Wind at noon, N.W., and fine. light breeze, (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, August 28—Haaket, froze Malmo—Merle, from Dominica—Alma M., from Sulina—Speculant and Wan derer, from Archangel—Prins Carl, from Soderham— Artamatea, from Cardenas—_Summ a , Cloud, from Nantes. Arrived, August 29-11 Tagdalaiae, from Bordeaux— Hero, from Jamaica—Lionne and Furet, from Gravelines— Mondego, from Wydah—Thames, from Pugwash—Heela, from Ghent. DEA L , Monday Morning. Passed, Aug. 23—Victory, from Rangoon, for Antwerp —New Whim, of Portsmouth, C3mbeline, Guide, of Poole, Hero, of Weymouth—all from the - West, for the North. Passed, Aug. 29 —Phail /slinden, from Taganrog, for linn—Sphea, from Q uebec —Cigna; from Bilboa---both for London. Anchored—Nova Contra, of Cardiff, for Porto—Hastings for Swansea—both from Llndon. THE CHOLERA IN THE LINCOLNSHIRE FENS.— We understand that the dreadf u l malady, Asiatic cholera, has made its appearance in the Lincolnshire Fens and proved fatal in several caves, oaring, it is said by the medical men, to the long-continued drought which has caused the drains to become little better than stagnant pools, tiY unpleasant and unhealthy h er. the nei g hb our hood of B oston , and along by tha banks of the Bell D ra i n , are th e pl aces Eastof a n Fens t r e in m el e em a i r t ac n t g The odours where it has made the greatest devastation. SHOCKING D EATIL—Oa Sa turday evening last, a man named George Whiting, a plumber in the employ of Messrs. Samuda, iron ebipbuilders, of Poplar, who resided at 23, Wes,-terrace, Alanchester-road, Cubitt's town, expired at Woolwich under the following circum stances appears that on Friday last the deceased, who was a foreman, had been superintending some work on board the iron cased ship Prince Albert, built by Messrs. Samuda, and now under completion at Woolwich dockyard. On leaving the dockyard the deceased became the worse for liquor, and yielded to the advice of his companions to re main at Woolwich rather than proceed home at a late hour. Lodgings were obtained at the Globe Tavern, Church street ; but about ono o'clock on S aturday morning a police man on duty saw the deceased either fall or jump from the chamber window to the pavement beneath. He was imme diately removed to the tavern, and attended by Dr. Stuart, who had sustained such injuries to his head that he expired after lingering about 14 hours. STATISTICS OF THE RUSSIAN CITURcu.--The Union Chretienne, which always contains interest.. ing information about the Russian. Church, gives us in a late number the matter of the report of the Holy Synod for 1861, which, according to custom, was presented to the Emperor. There are 477 convents of men, numbering 5,648 monks, and 4,879 novices ; and 137 convents of women, numbering 2.931 nuns, and 7,669 novices. There are 59,165 consecrated buildings for worship, and others are being built. There are 87 bishops, 37,950 priests, 12,444 deacons, and 63,421 other clerics. With the addi t i on et . the ecclesiastics en retraite, the number of secular clergy amounts to 126,164, The orthodox population, omitting those in the army and navy, 52,031,650, of those 35,612,978 communicated at Easter. In 1861, 9,605 converts to Russo- Catholicism are claimed ; 5,519 Raskolniks, 1,019 Roman Catholics, 40 Armenians, 536 Lutherans, 8 of the Reformed persuasion, 427 Jews, 579 Mahometans, and 1,457 Pagans. —Chia ela Review. DEATH FROM FRIGHT.—The daughter of a tradesman living in St. John's, Worcester, died from the fright of seeing the bodies of a man and woman, who had committed suicide, taken out of the Severn. The young lady had been attacked will' consumption. She was pe.ssicg over the bridge at the moment the bodies were being lifted out of the river, Fear so operated on her delicate frame that she died a short time after the scene. BISHOP COLENSO.—The .Natal Mercury says, Bishop Colenso has declared his intention to return to Natal after his petition to her Majesty has been replied to, The same paper says that a friendly and sympathetic note fro Garibaldi to Colenso has been published, 1862. 1863. 35,335 41,632 118so1 t0,4250d to 48s 3d 43s 3d 1,358 1,944 18,970 12,210 113 1,132 15,994 16,120 50s Od 438 Od Suspicious Occurrence at Mile-end On. Friday night information was received by Police• Sergeant Bailey, 1 11, that a crowd of several hundred persons had congregated in the neighbour hood of the house No. 21, Albert Cottages, near the Metropolitan Chambers, Church-street, Mile.end New Town. Upon proceeding to the spot he was informed that the parlour-door of the house in ques tion had been broken open by several persons, in consequence of a suspicion that something wrong had taken place. It wes then between 10 and 11 o'clock tit night. Upon the front, parlour being en• tend a woman, between 30 and :I'S) years of age, was discovered kneeling at a couch. Her head was buried in her hands. She was dead. Lying at full length on the floor was seen the body of another woman, also dead. A portion of her body lay in the back parlour. Upon proceeding to the adjoining apart ment the persons entering were horrified to discover the partly naked body of a man lying at full length on the floor. He was not dead, but he looked at those who entered with an idiotic stare. Dr. Champ. neye, the surgeon to the workhouse, was instantly sent for, and his assistant arrived without delay. Upon making an examination of the bodies of the two women who were discovered in the front par lour, he pronounced life to have been extinct for some hours. He could not, of course, state the pre cise cause of death without a post mortem examina tion. But it was understood to be that gentleman's opinion that the lives of the deceased had been sac rificed by poison. Upon interrogating the man it was found impossible to obtain from him any state ment as to how the deceased women had lost their lives. It has since been ascertained that the deceased women wore Eistere, and that one of them Nv as the wife of the man who was found in the back parlour. The family were considered respectable. The house in which they lived they held under a public company. The name of the married woman is Frances Back ingham, and her age is 41 years. Her sister's name is Mary Gribbin, and her age is stated to be 31 years. The husband of Mrs. Backingham has for several years past been unable to attend to any business in consequence of his having been con sidered insane. Tae coroner's officer has locked up the house. The man being completely imbecile has not been arrested by the police; but he has been removed from the house to the residence of a 'via_ the, who is stated to hold a good position in the district. A post-mortem examination has been ordered, and until that takes place the nature of their deaths or the poison used cannot be discovered. The following are some additional and later par. iculars of the affair : The circumstances of this extraordinary case are still involved in mystery, although the authorities have been untiring in their efforts to discover the motives for the commiss:oa of the crime by which it is supposed that the two sisters, Frances Back- Ingham and Mary Ann Gribbin, lost their lives. When the fact of the fiading of the dead bodies of the two women were communicated to the coroner for the district, Mr. Jobn Humphreys, that official forthwith proceeded to the house, No. 21, Albert- Cottages, Deal-street, where they lay, and caused a most careful examination . of the premises to be made under his personal supervision. The corpses were still in the strange positions in which they had been originally discovered, and it was noticed that the clothes of Mrs. Backingham were die arranged and were thrown up above her knees. She was lying between the door and the body of Mrs. Gribbin, which was in a kneeling position at the sofa. The general appearance of the room indicated that a struggle of some sort had taken place. A hatchet lay near the head of Mrs. Backingham, but it had no appearance of having been used as a weapon ; but some dinner knives and an open poc ket knife, which together with a broken lemonade bottle and a broken candlestick lay scattered about on the carpet, seemed obviously to have been used as missiles. It was also observed that the front of Mrs Gribbin's dress was dragged from the neck, apparently by a sudden and vigorous pull. minute search was made for letters or other documents which might throw any light upon the relation of the parties one to the other, but without success. Several manuscript books were found in drawers and upon shelves, but they related entirely to business matters, and the most careful examina tion failed to -discover any papers or entry having reference to the matter under inquiry. The Coroner immediately ordered that a post mortem examination of both bodies should be made without delay. Accordingly Dr. W. Gayton, of Brick lane, assisted by Dr Woodman. physician to the London hospital, were occupied for some hours in the performance yesterday (Sunday). It was found that the deceased had been dead for a much longer time than was at first inferred in consequence of the unusual rigidity of the bodies. It is be lieved that death must have taken place at least 48 hours before the discovery was made. Both bodies were in a somewhat advanced stage of decomposie tion, that of Mrs Gribbin's especially so, the e 5 es being in progress of deca7. l 2, On the head and on the forehead of Mrs Backiegham were found bruises which reached the bone, but there was no fracture of the skull. No other marks of vio!ence were dis coverable on the bodits. The brains of both were healthy, end the heart and other vital organs were also healthy, and that there was no natural cause to account for death in either instance. The heart in each case was sound, but it is right to mention that in that of Mrs Backingham was found a fibrinous clot, which, it is believed, might, if the absence of poison in her case be afterwards de• monstrated, be held to account for her death. In the case of Mrs Gribbin no such way of accounting for death, in view of the absence of poison, was found to exist. Both women appeared to have been, up to the time of death, in good health and in good condi tion. The intestines, &c., in each case, were empty, and the stomach nearly so. The stomach, the spleen, and other portions of the viscera of each of the de ceased have been placed in sealed jars, and given into the charge of Mr A. G. Cobb, tho coroner's officer, by whom they will be taken to Professor Letheby for chemical analysis. Until the result of the scientific anaiy sation of the viscera of the deceased bEcomes known, it is not the intention of the police to arrest any person on sus picion of having administered poison to them. It may be stated, however, that James Backingham, the lunatic husband of one of the deceased women, is under the surveillance of Mr Cobb, the coroner's officer, who has received orders to have him forth coming at the inquest. TRIALS FOR MtraDEß.—From areturn of the num ber of persons in each of the last seven years cam. witted in the Unted Kingdom for trial on the charge of murder, it appears that in England and Wales, out Of 101 persons put on their trial in 1863, 51 were acquitted, of whom 13 escaped on the ground of insanity. Of the 50 who were convicted, 29 were found guilty of murder, 12 of man slaughter, and 9of concealment of birth. Recommenda tions to mercy must have been successful in seven cases, as we find that only 22 suffered the extreme penalty of the law. It is curious to observe how slightly the number of convic tions for murder vary b.tween 1857 and 1863. In the for mer year the number was 20; in 1861, 26; in 1862, 28; and in 1863, 22. There is a considerable variation however in the number of persons executed. In 1861 12 convictions were followed by no execution of the extreme penalty, and a like result occurred in 1862; but in 1860 only 4 thus escaped. From a return with regard to Scotland, it seems that 257 persons were committed for trial on the charge of murder, during the last seven years, of whom however only 149 were put on trial, 54 were acquitted on various grounds, and 17 convicted of the capital offence. Only 5 suffered the extreme penalty of the law. In Ireland, during the same period, 384 persons were tried for murder, of whom 171 were acquitted, and is 19 cases the plea of inanity was sub stantiated. Out of 30 convictions for murder there were only 15 executions. HEALTH OF SIR JOAN RATCLIFF.—We - grGatly regret to state that Sir Juhn Ratcliff now lies at his house, the Wyddringtons, so dangerously ill that his life is de spaired of. Sir John has been seriously ill ler the last three weeks from diabetes ; but at first some hopo was entertained. On Thursday night, however, the symptoms became ex tremely alarming, and though the patient was a little bettor yesterday, 1)r Evans now holds out little. or no hope of his recovery.—Birming ham Day req A GOLDIEIt I)ROWNED.—A3 the steam sh:p Cambria was on her passage from Dublin to Holyhead on Saturday morning, a soldier belonging to the 12th regiment., who was on hoard, fell into the water and was drowned, heugh every exertion was made to save him. The msn'e name has not been ascertained. flu was a Ciao you3g fellow about 22 years of ..be. CorresponCence between Mr. F. Henry P. Berkeley, M.P.. and James Aytoun. --+- TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. PALL MALL, 105, Aug. 29, 1864. SlR—Upon the call of Mr. Berkeley, as eon_ rained in his letter —copy of which I now send you—l request you to publish the following cor respondence.—l &m, yours, &c., JAMES AYTOL'IC. VICTORIA-SQUAnt, S.W., Aug. 27. SlR.—Having received last Wednesday a pamphlet, in the shape of a letter, from you to George Wilson, of Man chester, containing the following passage—" It is well known that Mr. Berkeley is personally opposed to the Ballot —that nearly all those who vote with him are equally opposed to it,:and that the motion is merely brought forward for the purpcse of humbugging and gulling a number of stupid constituencies, and preserving the seats of those constituencies to a number of servile supporters of the Government, who would be sorry to sec the Ballot established" 1 beg leave indignantly to deny this false and libellous statement, and call upon you to retract the same with a s m uch pu bli c ity as you have given to the accusation.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, F. lie:1 1/ y I,`, BERKELEY. James Aytoun, EN. Reform Club, Aug. 27. Sir,—l have just received your letter of thi s day. in this letter you accuse me of calumniating you i n m y pamphlet, "Real Reform and Sham Reform," by declaring my opinion that you are not a sincere advocate of the Ballot. My reason for coming to this conclusion is given in a previous passage of the pamphlet, which, as you may hav e overlooked, I shall now quote : "At the list general election in 1859, Earl Russell, then Lord John, was opposed as one of the Whig =dilates for the city of London. It was expected he would be run bard, and therefore every vote was necessary to secure his return. Here was an opportunity for the London Ballot Society de claring their principles, and advancing the cause of the secret vote. If they had been a really honest body ; they would at once have issued a recommendation to vote for no candidate who did not pledge himself to support the ballot in the House of Commons. Instead of acting in this way, however, the famous Ballot Society of London, with Mr Berkeley at their head, issued a recommendation to the electors to waive their principles on this occasion, and vote for Lord John Russell, notwithstanding his opposition to the ballot, and this on the ground of supporting the Libe rals against the Tories." I can only say that if I had had the honour of being in your place on that occasion—the leader of the ballot party in the House of Commons—l should have considered it my duty to have acted in a different manner /rum what you did. I should Lava considered that in acting this way I ren dered myself fairly liable to the charge of insincerity, or at least of sacrificing a great principle to mere party ob jects. But as, notwithstanding this, you assure me you are quite sincere in your advocacy of the Ballot, I am bound to believe you as a gentleman, and to express my regret at having stated anythiLg contrary to fact. I shall only say, it such be your modo of forwarding the Ballot question, God Delp your judgment I It is high time that the country should look for another leader in this great movement. I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, F. Henry F. Berkeley, Esq., M.P. JAMES ATTOUN• Railway Trzi.filc Returns for the Week. Railways. Miles Opened. Rece 'pts. 4 „.......__,....__„„ 1864. 1863. 1864. 18C3. £ X Belfast and N. Counties 136 138 2,746 2.053 Belfast and Comity Down 49 49 7L•3 7 35 Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 2,445 2,110 Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1211 7,5:2 7,414 Caledonian 252 141 20,014 17.810 Cambrian 9l 81 2,101 1,6F8 Cockermouth & Workington Bl 81 312 376 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 357 271 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 61 :63 261 Cork and Youghal Cornwall 651 511 2,('27 1,689 Deeside , 17 1? 5;.2 413 Dublin & Belfast J unction Dublin and Drogheda 75 73 2,284 1,897 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wesid 914 48f 3,751 2,915 Furness, &c 5O 5i 3,416 2,-40 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk., &E. Union Great Northern 353 384 32.709 11,877 Great North of Scotland 5B 58 1,797 2.328 tit. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 711 465 46, r4t.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 3874 354 f 8,356 9,874 Great Western 10564 10564 70,519 63,027 Hull and Ifornsea l3 - 227 - Inverness & Aberdeen Juno lO6l 861 1,988 2,025 Inverness & Perth Junction 119} -3,03 u - Irish North-Western 145 145 1,608 1.777 Kent Coast 27 10 3,850 395 Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 3951 46,818 40,250 Limerick and Ennis... 241 241 205 192 Limerick and Foynes 264 26/ 311 300 Llanelly 461 461 739 780 Londen & North-Western London and Blackwall 5/ 5/ 2,141 2,1:48 London & South-Western 4504 4501 28 76J 25.528 Lond. Brig:hton, &S. Coast 257/ 2504 23.876 22.965 London, Chatham, & Dover 721 '1.24 8,391 6 036 Do. Metropolitan Extension 114 304 2,500 1,400 Man.,Sheilleld, &Lincolnsh Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9l 01 1,487 1,307 Maryport and Carlisle Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western).. 641 641 49,574 46,115 Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind... 262 2591 4,732 4.60 Afouldand . 714 714 7,739 1.565 Monmouthsh. Bail. & Canal.. 44 41 2,708 2,559 North British, Edin., Perth f.T.J Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Dart: 1095 North London 9 North Staffordshire 254 Rhymney l9l Scottish Central ' 3 j 3 4 Scottish North-Eastern . 1:.:S Somerset and Dorset 6O South Devon 754 South-Eastern 306 Tall Yale Ulster Vale of Clwyd Vale of N eath 431 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 West Cornwall 271 W 'haven ,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO Whitchaven Junction l2 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern J unction.— 26t Bombay, Baroda, & (en. India 1851 Buffalo and Lake Huron l6ll Detroit and Milwaukie ls9 Dutch Rhenish Eastern Bengal Eastern of France 1135 East Indian. Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O Great Central of Belgium lBO Great Indian Peninsula 6 - 3 Great Luxembourg 234 Great Southern of India Lireat Western of Canada 345 Madras Madrid, Saragossa &Aiicant Northern of Canada ... 9l Northern of France 697 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn lBO5 Paris and Orleans 1614 Pernambuco 77t Royal Danish Seth& 3C6 South Austrian Southern of France 770 Victorian 196 Welland West Flanders 75 W. and N.W. of France sSli 10;9i 252 191 3134 3;iB 391 751 83$ 1051 185 t !Olt 15 106/ 110 1302 932} 1090 3.5 447 490 9,1 697 25,5'5 23,583 6,231 C 0,049 3,3 s 7 3, 83 8,41:6 B.c 7G 0:8 91.6 7,0:.4 6,534 6,625 6,30 vS'i 4 9 4.707 4,2.6 28,397 29.631 5,5.7 5,325 2,314 2,138 ;,89 3,021 2.334 432 361 :,535 1,35 ) b 56 4,421 4. , 55 693 1;98 1,059 762 1 , 8/ b 44 35,053 32,045 4%0 11) 277 2,633 1,14. 1 I 4,321 3.031 7,678 6,551 65,831 55,566 24141 19,171 20,557 18,437 5, , 413 8,350 6,327 4,728 4.610 LS7 573 10,032 8,667 5.96 ) 4 670 22,313 65,7,0 62,41 f 1,5 5 1,465 13t :146 137,A0 133,2 t 0 71,229 (6,9)2 621 6,'38 48} 1713 1411 705 14t.1 680 196 1,093 1,955 L 0,059 31,693 30,6.7 7, ( 3 5 422 1,!14:-.1 1, 7 8 59,033 5 >934 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, CITY BETTING—SATURDAY. THE ST. LEGER. sto 2 agst General Peel (taken) sto 2 agst Blair Athol (take 3to 1) 11 to 1 agst Miner (taken and offered) 100 to 8 acct Baragah (taken and offered) 100 to G agst Ely (offe►cd) 20 to 1 agst Claremont (offered) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. SEITEIII3En. Weymouth 1 B .iden-Baden Warwick September 6 Bridgwater 8 Leicester.. Doncaster OCT Bedford Edinburgh and Lothians Club. Newmarket ',:iecoud Oct 1) Brocon .. 19 Richmond ............ 20 Royal Caledonian Hunt 2 Monmouth ............ 2 2 Manchester Autumn 23 Newmarket P irst October 1:7 'OBER Lincoln Kelso Gloucester Newmarket, Houg on.. 24 Nov .AlBElt. Leamington&War.Hunt 22 Worcepter Autumn .... 1 Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 SEPTEMaEg• Curra g b ...................... 6,7, 3 OCTOBEn. Curragh .............. 18, 19, 20 STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOJ 1864. NovEmnEn.. Leamington and Warwickshire Hunt 22 " It, is tfflrined," sty tiro F remdknblatt of Vient; , , "that the :E m peror:Francis Joseph has replied to the King of Prussia's invitation by a promise to be present at ;ha autumn mar ceavres at Berlin. it is thoughi: twit the EliFeror of 1tu:. , 4,1a arri ibe k 1 1, 2 " SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocx. DENMARK. COPENHAREN, Ang. 27. —T he Flyveposten an• nounces that the Folksth no has adopted the budget of extraordinary expenses by 73 to 13. This vote the above-rnentioned journal considers to be due to the menace of a dissolution from the Minister of Finance. 1850. 1881